Packaging means



July 193l- F. H. SHERMAN ,815,683

mexmim MEANS v Filed Feb. 3. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 Hgnio r: I .2 "(l7710l8 Sherfium y 21, 1931- F. H. HERMAN 1,815,683"

PACKAGING MEANS Filed Feb. 5. 1931 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inven/Zor: .E=a?wi'sH Shernw n Patented July 2i, 1931 v UNITED. STATES rumors a. or rmmlnssacriusmms racneme mus Application filed February 3, 1981. Serial Ho. 513,081.

My present invention relates to, means for packing or packaging articles which are liable to injury from external causes, such as eggs and other globular objects or units of produce, and more particularly aims to provide a simplified, more eflicient and economi-' cal, and otherwise improved cushioning and holdin structure for the purpose stated.

In tie drawings illustrating by way of example certain embodiments of the invention Figure 1 is a perspective of one package embodying the invention, including a wrapper, carton or box and a receiver or filler therein;

Fig. 1a is an elevation of a portion of the carton front, with the cover closed;

Fig. 2 is a plan of a blank, in flat or unfolded condition, from which the receiver is formed;

Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal section onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2';

Fig. 4 is a cross section through the blank of Fig. 2, on the line 4-4 ghereof; v

Fig. 5 is a plan of the receiver or filler 1n folded condition, as in a wrapper or carton;

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the receiver or filler positioned as in Fig. 5;

standard tuck-cover form, similar packages being shown in dotted lines above and below the central package;

Fig. 8.is a cross section, upon a slightly larger'scale, illustrating a modification of the receiver or filler; and

Fi 9 is a diagram'illustrating the strutlike bracing action of the receiver as in a carton, or'other wrapper or otherwise confined. g

1 The receiver or filler of my present invention is adapted for use with or without an outer container, wrapper or the like. Such container may be the usual standard size 2 x 6, 2 x 3 or other carton having bottom and side walls and a top with a depending front tuck o a as in Fig. 7. In Figs. 1 and 1a I have shown, by way of further example, a carton or box with which 7 slot 12 in the cover flan e.

Fig. 7 includes a full-line cross section of' the filler of Figs. 1 to 6, at the central portion 1 of the figure, within'a carton or box of the the receiver specially cooperates to afford maximum display of, the contents, said carton comprisi the longitudinal side walls 1, a bottom 2, t e end walls 3 and a top 'or cover 4, the latter having a' rim or flange 5 alo its 86 front and end edges. It is collapsible 1nto flat form for packing and shipment prior to use, being provided forthis purpose with the inclined fold lines 6 in the front wall, the fold lines 7 in the. end walls and the fold lines 8 in the front flange of the cover 4. The front wall and preferably also the end'walls of the carton include portions 9 and 10,-respectively, of less height than that ofthe carton as a whole, but adapted to .be covered by the flange 5 of the cover, the lower end of which overlaps the upper edge of the shallow portons 9 and 10, when the carton is closed.

If desired, the front wall of the carton of Figs. 1 and 1a may be formed with, an upright tab or post 11, the upper end of which is adapted to engage and support the top or horizontal wall of the cover 4. When the cover is closed, this upright 11 may be positioned wholly within the flange 5, or, as seen in Fi 1a, it may be interlocked therewith by msert mg its upper end inwardly through the This flange is desirably cut out at its e edge, opposite the upright 11, as at 13, to permit the lower 3 edge of'the flange to overlap the u r rtion of the front wall of the box t b zhe desired extent, andwhereby the end portions of the inner horizontal edge of the recess 13 will seat upon the front wall, adjacent the. 35 base of the upright 11, thus additionally supporting the carton cover. The receiver or filler and its wrapper are shown for the pur-- poses of illustration as of the 2 x 6 form but obviously may be of.the 2 x 3 or other a'rrangement. It will also-be understood that I the receiver of my invention,-to be described,

is in no sense limited to use with a carton constructed, as in Fig. 1 but may .be employed willihl other cal-tans, inclu those of the tu u ar, wrapPe or o n-en types and in fact is susceptible of apart from an outer container, in which case anencl collar or other means such as adhesive may pro-' vided to hold the receiver in folded or set-up contrasted, for example, with pre-formed employed will be understood to refer to any such form of outer element, whether preformed tubular, or wrapped, or a flap-covered box or other device, wherein the holder, receiver or filler of my invention may be positioned or secured.

4 Referring now to Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the blank for the receiver or filler, indicated as a whole by the letter B, comprises a planiform or substantially flat sheet of fibrous material, as

tray-like'devices intended for use without preliminary folding. It may conveniently be formed directly from any suitable pulp such as wood or paper pulp, either fresh or reclaimed, and in accordance with the preferred manufacture is made on forms by a pulp-sucking process whereby the entire blank is integrally created in the desired formation, ready for folding or setting up for use, but other methods of manufacture may be followed, including stamping, pressmg, blowing, or the like, and various materials may be employed. Y

The blank of Figs. 2 to 4 is provided 1n its formation with longitudinal'fold formations or grooves a, b, c, dividing it into pairs of relatively narrow outer strips 15 and reltively wide innerstrips 1 6, the strips of adjoining pairs'being inreverse order. As best seen in Fig. 4, and as is also readily apparent in Fig. 2, the plane of the sheet contains the several fold formations a, b, a and the outer edge portions of the outer strips 15, in the unfolded ororiginal condition of the blank.

Each of the outer strips15 is formed with a longitudinal series of transversely extending ridges, mounds or like raised formatlons or elements 17, 17 etc. These mounds preferably have a formation in the nature of a truncated pyramid, a section of which taken lengthwise the receiver is seen in Fig. 3, while their contour transversely of the receiver is indicated in Fig. 4. It will be noted, particularly by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, that the intermediate upper portion of each raised element 17 has substantially straight side edges 17a between which it is illustrated as somewhat flattened. From these side edges 17a the material is oppositely and downwardly inclined, rather abruptly, as at, 17 b, Fig. 3, into the plane of the sheet. Thus, as illustrated, there is a substantially flat and approximately rectangular ortion 18 of considerable area between ad acent raised elements 17, these flat portions 18'being in or substantially in the plane of the sheet. The end portions of these raised elements, facing the opposite longitudinal edges of the strips 15, are likewise oppositely inclined or led down into the plane of the sheet, asseen Fig. 4 at 17 c. It will be observedthat each of the strips 15 consists entirely of portions which are either in or substantially in the plane of the sheet or which are raised above it. As illustrated, the outer portion of the strips 15 are reenforced as by the provislon of a rib-like formation or corrugation 19, see

particularly Fig. 6, including a grooved portion 19a and an upwardly and inwardly turned portion or lip 19b.- While shown as a continuous rib lengthwise the filler, this reenforcing means 19 may be of interrupted or other form.v In addition to its strengthening function, this longitudinal means 19 assists to guide the front tuck or flap 4a of a carton, such as that of Fig. 7, into closed position. As the carton cover is closed down, the lower edge of the flap will be directed or cammed outwardly by engagement with the inturnedlip 19b, so'that it will automatically make proper entry between the carton front and the adjacent vertical wall 15 of the receiver.

Referring again to Fig. 2, the inner and relatively wide strips 16 are hingedly connected at their outer edgesto the outer strips '15, by the fold formations a and 0, and 'are the manner seen in Fig. 4.

The adjacent peripheral portions of succeeding concavities 20 of a given strip des'irably are spacedby transverse substantially fiat portions 23 lying in'the plane of the sheet. Likewise, at the ends of the concavities,-'near the longitudinal edges of the strip 16-,between the periphery of each concavity and the fold formations defining these strips, are longitudinal approximately flat portions 24 and 25, in or substantially in the plane of the blank sheet. The flat portions 23 and 24- meet' in flat areas 26 of substantial extent,

there also being similar flat areas 27 at the region where the fiat unite.

' In the direction transversely of, the blank, that is, from top to bottom in Fig. 2, the concavities 20 of the two inner strips 16 are in registry respectively, and are also in registry with the plane portions 18 of the outer strips 15 intermediate the raised elements 17 of the latter. The upper portions of these elements 17 in turn are in registry with the plane porportions 23 and 25 illustrative example, each of the'relatively -wider inner strips 16 consists wholly either tions 23 of the inner strips 16. Thus, in the v of portions lying in or substantially in the ppine ofthe sheet or portions below that p ane.

The blanks as illustrated and described are created in their planiform condition of Figs. 2 to4, in which form they are adapted to be stacked and packed for shi ment prior to use. In forming themup or use, the outer strips 15 are" folded upwardly and toward each other along the hinge formations a and 0', while the inner strips 16 fold'in the reverse direction along the central longitudinal hinge formation 6. The device readily assumes its folded condition, in' which, as .best seen in Figs. 6 and 7, it has the general form, viewed endwise, of an inverted M. The folded or troughed receiver'is rea'dily positionable in a wrapper or carton. '-As seen in Fig. 7, where the ordinary tuck-cover type of carton is shown, the outer and then vertical strips or walls 15 of the receiver stand substantially erect along the carton sides, while the intermediate walls or strips 16 assume the inclined positions indicated, wherein they extend'continuously from orsubstantially from the base of the carton sides to the central. top portion of the carton. With the carton "closed, in the case of a top-opening carton such as illustrated, and similarly in the case of 'a closed-top open-end, end-opening or tubular carton, tube, or wrapper, the

' upper edges of the strips 16, along the hinge b, are adapted to support the overlying top wall along its longitudinal medial section, and in so doing the entire strips 16 act as struts' or braces thrust-ing outwardly and downwardly directly into the lower side regions of the carton, in the angles between the bottom and the side walls, as clearly apparentin Fig. 7. Otherwise stated, each strip 16 forms a substantially true diagonal in its longitudinal half-section of the carton or wrapper. The filler thus firmly braces and reenforces the. package as a. whole.

The thrust of the diagonal strips 16, in response to vertical pressures, is therefore taken by what is'iisually the strongest part of the carton or wrapper, at the junction of the sides of the latter with the bottom. Due to the inherent elasticity of the sheet material and the character of the fold formation b, the

natural tendency of the diagonal strips 16 is to spri outwardly. Thus when the receiver 1s p aced or dropped in the carton, it'

automatically assumw its proper position, the bases of the diagonal walls springing into bracing relation in the angle of the carton at the base of the carton sides. 7 As a re sult the upper meetingiportions of these diagonal straps are automatically accurately located and held in the place of the longitudinal center line of the carton. The diagonal strips 16 are further reenforced and braced, against both vertical and transverse pressures, by reason of the-illusvidual wrappers or cartons. As

20, from the bases of the carton sides to the point of abutment 30 of the registering conthe cave formations 20. The portions of the strips 16, including the upper parts of the concavities 20 and the flat areas 25, 25 between them, represented by the vertical line 6-30 in the diagram, thus constitute a strongly braced center elementor rib adapted to support anything overlying it, such as the top of a carton, the cooperative relation of the several parts preventing this. rib-like upper portion of the meeting walls 16 from sagging, warping or collapsing even under pressures much greater than encduntered inordinary shipping or storage conditions. Obviously the described pressure resisting action of the receiver is effective in the same manner in any confined space, such as in topless cartons or trays when stacked, or where the receivers are used without indi- P e y noted, the described receiver, holder or filler is cooperable with a tubular container or wrapper of cardboard, corrugated board or the like, having one or more 0 nor openable ends, the receiver or holder ing positionable and securable as by gluing or otherwise in a preformed tubuiar container, which may have a removable panel or wall, or'it may have the outer container element wrapped about it and secured. In any such instance, the receiver, holder or the like of my invention, with its diagonal supporting and pressure-transmitting action, braces and strengthens the container and the package as a whole.

It will be seen that a trough or trough element is formed by each erect strip 15 and the adjoining inclined stri 16, and that each inclined strip follows a- 'agonal of the carton or other space occupied by. the particular trough, whether there .be two troughs, or less or more. This space, for example, a longitudinal half-section of a standard-size 2 x 6 carton, is not strictly square in cross section, beingsomewhat higher than wide, but for the purposes of the description and claims herein it may be considered that it is approximately squareand that the transverse diagonals make angles of approximately 45 with the horizontal or the vertical, as represented,

, for example, by the carton sides or bottom.

- In the egg industry,

\ ers, to repack substantially 45 I include such angles greater or less than precisely 45 as are formed by the diagonals in any given space or carton section occupied by one trough element of my receiver or filler.

.The eggs or other contained articles are adapted to be positioned in the troughs formed between the vertical strips 15 and the diagonal strips 16, each resting partly in a concavity 20 and partly against the flat portion -1 8..of the adjoining vertical strip 15, and between the raised portions 17 thereof, the latter and the portions 23 between concavities serving as partitioning means between adjoining articles. In the set-up condition of the receiver each concavity and the registering portion of the upright strip 15 intermediate the raised portions or mounds 17 of the latter constitute a cell for an individual article, and in such cell the contained egg or other object is cushioned on all sides, and particularly at its. lower portion, it being noted that the concavities 20 and associated parts are so constructed and arranged, in the illustrated example, as to space the contents vertically above the horizontal plane containing the hinge formations a, 0. Thus, in a carton, the receiver contents are held off of and above the carton bottom, thus cushioning them from below. I it is a practice long established to pack eggs in 30-dozen cases or crates, ing individual cells arrange 6 x 6, these cells formed by crossed'upright partitlons. The cell partitions project beyond the outer rows of cells in said 6 x 6 devices, forming cushioning spaces about the periphery of each 6 x 6 filler as a whole. It is also common practice, particularly by those distributmg to retail sales agencies or direct to consumthe eggs from said case-contained 6 x 6 fillers into one-dozen cartons with 2 x 6 fillers, which are then replaced in the same or similar cases, the latter accommodating thirty such cartons, so that the egg content of the cases remains the same.

The cases and cartons referred to are of standard dimensions fixed by long-continued trade practice. It is now found, however, that intensive breeding and other improvements in the poultry and egg industry are resulting in larger eggs. At the present time a large percentage of eggs are longer than the depth of the standard carton. Many are more than one-eighth inch longer, while eggs as much as one-quarter inch longer are not unusual. In the 6 x 6 filler used in egg cases this variation causes no particular difl'iculty,

as each cell is of an am le size to allow its e g to assume a slight y inclined position i? necessary. This is so because in the 6 x 6 filler more space is available-for the individual cells, there being no cushioning spaces between the several rows of cells, but only in two tiers of receivers or fillers hav-.

about the extreme outer rows, where the filler meets the walls of the case.

But in the conventional 2 x 6 filler as heretofore used with standard cartons, cushioning space is provided around each such group of one-dozen cells. Accordingly, in three such cartons, to hold thirty-six eggs, the total amount of cushioning space is practically ..double that for the 6 x 6 filler. The extra space thus used in the smaller fillers is not available for the individual cells. Therefore the cells in a 2 x 6 filler are distinctly smallerthan in' the 6 x 6 filler, and. are of such limited size that the eggs must remain substantially vertical therein, with the result that the large eggs project above the .eggs from 6 x 6 fillers and'replacing them in like cases or crates, in 2 x 6 or other carton arrangement, to the original capacity of the case. Obviously, other than standard-size cartons or packages may be used if preferred.

Referring again to the drawings it will further be seen that the lowest or bottom portion of each cell is at or near the side of the receiver and of the carton, being in the illustrated form in the extreme corner of angle at the base of the side walls. Thus the positioned articles, in the case of eggs or like elongated globular objects, are supported and cushioned with their longitudinal axes distinctly inclined, in the general direction from the bottom side edges of the receiver and of the carton to the upper mid-portionthereof. In this manner the receiver or filler is adapted to hold eggs of distinctly ,varying lengths, including over sizes, retaining and cushioning them wholly within the confines of the vertical and horizontal planes containing the fold formations a, b, a of the receiver, and, when the latter is used in a carton, wholly within the natural space defined by the carton walls, without bulging, where by the carton dimensions may be smaller than otherwise would be necessary to attain like cushioning and safety in packing.

For similar reasons a much greater portion'of the contents may be displayed while in the receiver, whether the carton usedbe of the usual full-front type of Fig. 6 or such as in Fig. 1, in which latter carton theadvantages of the receiver as to display, a'ccessibility and ease of packing and removal" yrs of the contents are even further augmented. Moreover, as above noted, the cooperating bracing action between the bases of the .diagonals 16 and the bases of the carton sides,

5 and the abutting action between the registering concavities of the diagonals 16, insures the retention of the receiver troughs and their contents against objectionable shifting in the carton or other confining space.

It will further be apparent that when a number of packed cartons are stacked, for example as in a -dozen crate, the eggs of one carton are offset or staggered with respectto those of a carton immediately above or below it,as regards the portions of the eggs lying nearest the bottom or the top wall. Thus, referring to Fig. 7, the top portions E of the eggs, shown in dotted lines, are substantially offset, in the direction transversely of the carton, from the lower portions E of the egg of the overlying box, and vice versa for an underlying box. This holds true whether the cartons in successive layers are arran ed parallel, as in Fig. 7, or at right angles. ccordingly any vertical crushing strains are not transmitted directlgefrom an egg of one" box to that vertically low it, as would be the case, for example, where the eggs are vertically positioned, with their longitudinal axes substantially ali ed, as in the ordinary honeycomb filler.- gl iviously I also the top portions of the contents ofone package or carton are additionally cushioned by the bottom-cushioning means of the overlying re 5 cavities. Thus the articles, even in the case of oversize ,are properly received and supported wit n a carton, which may retain its standard dimensions, and are cushioned with extreme afiectiveness against pressure or 0 shocks from all directions.

As herein illustrated the receiver sides 15 1 are of a height not exceeding that of the lower portion 9 of the front of the carton of Fig. 1, whereby a major part of the packed contents are displayed when the box is open. The height of these vertical sides 15, as well as that of the portions 16, may be varied, however, within the limits prescribed by the depth of the container, in the case of a clos e d or closeable top container, or in some 1nstances may exceed the container depth, as, for example, with open-to ray-like or other containers. Thus it will ,Jmderstood that the relative Width of the strips 15 and 16 as illustrated is merely exemplary, may be ceiver or the package. As concerns externalv widely varied from that shown, and one such strip need not be wider or narrower thananother, while in some instances the substantially erect stri s may be omitted.

In the modi cation of Fig. 8 the receiver and carton may be in all respects not otherwise referred to substantially the same as previously described. In this instance the concavities 20 are formed with additional feet or projections 31, adapted to rest against the bottom of the carton, near its sides, and the upright walls 15 are similarly provided with buttons or project-ions 32 adapted to rest against the carton side walls, for spacing and cushioning purposes.

In addition to the provision for greater cushioning within the limits of a given space, both by reason of supporting the objects at a distinct inclination and the other structural features described, various other advantages result from the means of my invention, such as the above-mentioned increased display of the products, greater ease of assembling the containers and filling them with the prod- 11ets, adaptability of the containers for the receipt of advertising matter, etc," while at the same time all present requirements for packages of the class referred to are fulfilled. 'My invention is not limited to the. particular embodiments thereof herein shown and described, its scope being pointed out in the following claims: 4

1. A receiver for eggs comprisin a sheet gel? parallel lnverted-M- strips being of fibrous material including hin strips folded into substantial shape in cross section, its outer approximately vertical and its inner strips being inclined from the lower edges of the outer strips to a line in the vertical plane midway between the outer strips and at least as high as the latter, said vertical strips having a longitudinal series ofspaced transverse ralsed'formations and said inclined strips having a corresponding series of concave formations respective] raised formations, sai formations together providing means for individually separating, cushioning and supporting e gs with their major axes distinctly inchned.

2. A'blank for a receiver foreggs and the ike, comprising a sheet of material formed for foldin into strips providing two-walled troughs, the outer strips of two adjoining troughs consisting wholly of portions in the plane of the sheet and of portions above it as transverse separating and cushioning formations, and the inner strips of such two adjoining trou hs consisting wholly of portions in the sai plane of the sheet and of por tions formed as article-receiving concavities below it, the concavities of the latter strips being respectively intermediate the raised formations of the'first named strips.

- 3. A package for fragile articles, comprising a container and an article receiver in-Qthe intermediate said container, said receiver comprising a sheet of material folded into troughs each having a substantially vertical side and an inclined side, the inclined wall of each trough form-. ing a transverse diagonal of that section of the container occupied by its trough, the vertical wall of each trough having spaced raised formations, and each inclined trough wall having concavities disposed intermediate said raised formations.

4. A package for fragile articles comprising a container having bottom and side walls, a receiver in the container, said receiver comprising a sheet of material folded into twosided troughs, the base of each trough being received in the angle between the bottom and one side wall of the container, one wall of each trough being substantially vertical and the other inclined, the vertical wall of each trough having spaced raised formations, and the inclined wall having concavities disposed intermediate said raised portions.

5. A filler for holding eggs comprising a sheet of material having a longitudinal formation along which it is folded into parallel hinged strips, one strip standing sub stantially erect and being provided with transverse raised spacing and cushioning formations, another of said stripsforming an angle of approximately 45 with the erect strip and having concavities respectively intermediate the raised formations of the latter, said raised formations and said concavities cooperating to position, support and cushion the eggs indiv dually and with their axes inclined.

6. A filler for holding eggs comprising a sheet of material folded along parallel lines into pairs of hinged stri s, one strip of each pair standing substantia ly erect and having transverse raised spacing and cushioning formations, and the other strip of each pair being inclined at an angle of substantially 45 with respe t to the erect strip of its pair and having positioning and cushioning concavities respectively intermediate the raised formations of the latter.

7 A package for fragile articles comprising a container having bottom and side walls, a filler received in the container, said filler comprising a sheet of material. folded to form adjolning two-sided troughs, each trough occupying one half-section of the container,

with the adjoining inner walls of the troughs disposed substantlally as oppositely inclined corner diagonals of the respective container half-sections thereby to brace the package along lines from its bottom side corner portions to its upper centralportion.

8. A package for fragile articles comprising a container having bottom and side walls, a filler received in the container, said filler comprising adjoining two-sided troughs, each trough occupying one half-section of the container, with the adjoining inner walls of the troughs disposed substantially as outwardly and downwardly inclined corner diagonal braces for the respective container half-sections.

9. An egg receiver formed of a sheet of material folded to form adjoining troughs, the outer trough walls beingsubstantially vertical and the inner adjoining walls being inclined from the lower edges of said outer walls to the top of the receiver, said inclined walls provided with registering concave egg positioning and cushioning formations constructed and arranged for mutual supporting contact at opposed portions externally of the troughs.

10. A package for fragile articles, comprising a container having bottom and side walls, and an article receiver therein, said receiver including a plurality of parallel troughs each having a substantially vertical side and an inclined side, and cooperating formations on the trough walls individually to position a plurality of articles in each trough, the inclined sides of those troughs which are adjacent the container sides having their lower edges in the angle of the bottom and sidewalls of the container and adapted there to thrust against said side walls in resisting pressures on the package.

11. A package for fragile articles, comprising a container having bottom and side walls, and an article receiver therein, said receiver including a plurality of parallel troughs each having a substantially vertical side and an inclined side, and cooperating formations on the through walls individually to position a plurality of articles in each trough, the inclined sides of those troughs which are adj acent the container sides having their lower edges in the angle of the bottom and side walls of the container and adapted there to thrust'against said side walls in resisting pressures on the package, said formations lncluding registerin concavities on the inclined trough walls adapted to abu each other externally between the troughs further to brace said inclined walls and the package as a whole.

12. A package for fragile articles, com.- prising a container having bottom and side walls, and an article receiver-therein, said receiver including a plurality of parallel troughs each having at least one of their sides inclined, said inclined sides of outer troughs disposed as true diagonal braces with respect to the angles between the container bottom and side walls, and transverse positioning formations for individual articles on said inclined trough sides.

13. In a package for eggs or other fragile globular articles, a sheet of material folded the package sides to afford diagonal corner of a cover-tuck or the like between said erect support against pressures on the package, each of said istrip members having a series of transverse formations for individually receiving and supporting the articles above the package bottom, some of said formationsof one strip adapted to abut corresponding formations of the adjacent strip, with additional bracing effect.

14. An egg receiver or the like comprising parallel troughs, the adjacent side walls of two troughls being oppositely inclined and providing major diagonal planes of sup ort in the receiver and said inclined Walls aving mutually opposed concave formations for inclinedly supporting the articles, said formations adapted normally to abutea ch other externally between the troughs to determine the angle between said inclined walls and to provide secondary truss-like support there- 15. A receiver for eggs or like fragile articles, formed of a sheet of material folded to form a two-walled trough, one trough Wall being substantially erect and the other wall being inclined at an angle of approximately 45 from the base of the erect wall diagonally to the opposite top portion of the receiver, one wall having transverse raised formations and the other wall having cooperating concavities spaced intermediate said raised formations, to receive and individuallysupport the articles with their major axes inclined, the lower faces of said raised formations being disposed in substantial parallelism with the opposite wall to assist in positioning and holding said Walls in their said angular relation.

16. A. receiver for eggs and other fragilearticles, formed of a sheet of material folded to form adjoining two-sidestroughs, one wall of each trough being substantially erect and the other wall being inclined at an angle of approximately 45 from the base of the erect strip and the package side.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANCIS H. SHERMAN.

wall to the top of the receiver, transverse raised formations on one wall of each trough and cooperating concavities on the opposite wall for inclinedly individually supporti the articles, the lower faces of said raise formations being in substantial parallelism with the opposite wall to permit and assistin maintaining the said angular relation between the walls, and means to holdthe receiver in folded or set-up position. v

17. In a package for eggs and other fragile articles, a receiver comprlsing hinged strips folded to provide one or more troughs, said strips having transverse formations for individually positioning and supporting the packaged articles in'said trough or troughs, the'strip adjacent at least one package side be ing substantially erect, and having along its upper edge portion a substantially co-extensive rib-like strengthening formation 19 and being'shaped to assist in enteringthe edge 

